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First of all, I'd like to say again how much fun I had during this game.
The first time I played it was with Shifty (3 stars GM) but I had more fun during your game!
On the other table, we went kind of straight to the goal and didn't do the undead girls (or I don't even remember it).
Looking back on the game, I also felt like it was a bit too long, too. And that's probably why Shifty kind of railroaded us.
As for me, I felt a bit limited due to playing a pregen, espacially Crowe. But I could have done a bit more about this. I just didn't have the same pleasure to play a pregen than on of my own characters.
Anyway, you're doing more than great about GM'ing, Hmm! Don't worry at all about that! :)
Thanks for all the kind words, everyone.
I had a long response which the forum simply ate -- maybe it's a mimic? -- and will have to eventually recompose.
So I decided to do my exit post in two parts this time. I know that you all won't mind.
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Yay, that was a really good read, everyone.
I want Maurice to come on some on my adventures now. He seemed groovy.
Okay, better late than never. Sorry, this was my first time processing these and it took me way too long to wrestle with pdf programs figuring out how to get these together.
Please check them over!
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I had a long response which the forum simply ate -- maybe it's a mimic? -- and will have to eventually recompose.
"Oh, Oh, I might have one of those in my new "Handy Haversack". I just found it. Sort of a mutually beneficial, but still symbiotic relationship, if you know what I mean. He, I mean "it", has a lot of baggage, but that's not uncommon in any relationship these days, . . ."
With that haversack you can kiss your carefree camel-riding days goodbye.
It's remarkably soothing, drawing a map. All those nice geometric lines. Smeared blue wet erase marker to make flowing water... Rocks, trees, and other details. I really love drawing maps!
So... I'm prepping By Way of Bloodcove for the con that I will be GMing at this weekend (SkålCon -- if you have some cash, donate! It's for a great cause!) This reminds me... I will be at a local gaming con all weekend. I'll get up the first post of Overflow Archives on the 19th, but there's no guaranteee that I will post at all that weekend after I do so. If I do post, it will be short and sporadic.
You guys are free to write introductory posts after I start us off, and also free to chat with each other in character. Please, RP the heck out of this coming scenario. Have fun with it. We won't be as rushed, so enjoy youselves.
I do intend to post a "Story behind the Story" response under spoilers for those of you who commented today. I actually wrote it, only to have the forum eat it, but eventually I will write it again. However, it may not happen until after SkålCon since I have so much to prep, and I still have work and being a mom and stuff.
Hmm
PS Oloch, tell your eldest "Happy Belated Birthday!"
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So... I'm prepping By Way of Bloodcove for the con that I will be GMing at this weekend (SkålCon -- if you have some cash, donate! It's for a great cause!) This reminds me... I will be at a local gaming con all weekend. I'll get up the first post of Overflow Archives on the 19th, but there's no guaranteee that I will post at all that weekend after I do so. If I do post, it will be short and sporadic.
Plus, you can help force Jon Dehning (VC) a shave and a haircut. Which would be hilarious.
That Con looks utterly amazing, especially getting to use the FFA facility to do it. Have fun.
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Jon Dehning dubbed me "Poker of Beehives" recently, so I'm planning on attending the first day in full bee costume.
Do not post about this on the main PFS board... I want it to be a surprise, so that I can see his face. I'm going to have stripes, antennae, wings and a little basket full of miniature jars of honey. As you can see I've thought this one through.
Fantasy Flight Games Center is by far my favorite PFS location. It's clean, well-lit, has well-stocked bathrooms, natural light and a full grill that serves excellent hot food, including multiple vegetarian items.
I was thrilled that Andy Christian and Jon Dehning were able to talk the FFGC people into letting us host there.
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Man I must have been tired writing FFA instead of FFG, unfortunately I've only had the chance to see it via videos but it looks amazing. Add to that the fact that they allow events for other companies to happen there just blows me away, I already knew they allowed other games just not whole conventions. So jealous, but between money and time it's just not feasible for me to come that way. (Plus we have our own convention the next week)
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Don't worry about it! It's not local to you! Though I kind of admit that I'd love to meet you and play alongside Jan. :)
This is where Bret... er... Mite 11 and I will be all weekend. Oh, and speaking of costumes, I'm at work right now, dressed like a pirate for my "International Talk Like a Pirate" story time.
Yarr.
"Avast, ye Scalliwags! It's time to walk the plank!"
Have I mentioned before that I just love my job?
Hmm
Okay, question for all of you. Should we go with regular google drawings for the maps for Overflow? I still had trouble moving pieces while on mobile... And if I needed others to move pieces, I'm wondering if we just want to do Google drawings for the Overflow archives.
Hmm
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After having given both a try, I myself still prefer Google Drawings. They just allow for much better customization in my opinion. The downside is that it is not possible to edit them (move around) from a touch screen, which Google Slides does allow. I know in many of the games I run people do specifically request Google Slides for just that reason, and I typically use a computer more than a phone or tablet, myself. Something to note, you actually need to download the Google Slides App, and then open the map with that App for it to really be that effective.
So, with that being said, my preference would be Drawings, but not at all at the expense of anyone else's preference or ability to use the map.
I hadn't tried it with the app, that works much better than trying to do it in the browser on my tablet.
Thanks!
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Another App I highly, highly recommend for PbP games is the Wayfinder App. It was specifically designed for Pathfinder PbP games, and by one of our own.
It is not free, but it costs like $1 or $2 (US), but it's well worth it if you use a tablet or phone to post fairly often.
It includes hotkeys for all of the most common BBCodes on Paizo (Bold, Italics, OOC, etc. . .) but also includes an easy to use dice roller.
So... I promised everyone the story behind the story.
The undead princesses are interesting. They're so lonely and bored (and fed up with the Pharoah) that they're perfectly happy to chat with the party and then wave them off, saying, "Bye bye, boys! Have fun storming the Pharoah!" This situation lasts only as long as you don't remind the creepy undead that they're creepy undead. If their illusions get shattered, pointed out, or anything else, then the ladies attack the party. My guess is that 95% of groups will have at least one person who'll say out loud, "Wait a minute... aren't you girls undead?"
I think that Oloch's challenge was brilliantly written and very much in character.
As a GM, I also tried -- and failed -- to bring out one more story that was only implied in the module. Remember the mini-mummy in the false tomb? He was the tomb's architect, creator of the beautiful room with the pink marble palm trees, etc. Sekh-pa-Mefr slew him, sacrificed him to maintain the tomb's secrets, and had him mummified to provide a false Pharoah for the false tomb. That little snippet is in the module's background, with no way for the PCs to uncover the information.
I felt bad for the architect, and wanted to give the architect his own story, even if his tongue had been ripped out before mummification to prevent him from telling it himself. I had decided that the clues to the puzzle door and that scroll of searing light (found in a statue of Ra) and the scroll of remove curse were no accident. Those must have been deliberately put there, most likely by an architect who knew that he was doomed. So I gave him a name -- Rahotep, he who satisfies Ra -- and hoped that the clues and the "remember me" charm would bring out the story.
Alas, I may have been too subtle. That, and my timing sucked. The PCs who were most likely to make the knowledge rolls and poke at the mystery had players who were on leave just as I got the clues set up.
Ah well. I get to tell you the story now, don't I? Think of this as a deleted scene from the DVD's extras.
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Oh the remove curse is definitely there for a reason. Very helpful if you get mummy rot, or decide to play around with the "Periapt" too long.
I thought it was really good. I remembered the undead ladies (as somehow we just talked to them and left, despite two of us making the save - we just never mentioned it) and the stone pyramid of doom - as I really hate that fight. The stuff you added was cool and I like subtle stuff, though it is nice to hear more about it in retrospect. Thanks for running a hell of a game, hopefully you get to see Jon fully shaved this weekend.
It needed more Mites! How were the party supposed to know they were DOOOMED! without us?
You know, you're right. This adventure needed more mites. Think of all the things that the party could do if they only had a mite with them.
Rolling Pyramid:
Party: "We throw the mite at it!"
Mite #11: "What... no, DOOOO..." Crunch.
I'm sure you guys can think of more uses. I leave this as a challenge to amuse you all (even lurkers) while you wait for Overflow Archives to start.
Hmm
AKA Doom Girl
Barton --
I have one word for you: BARBASOL.
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I think that the shaving will get recorded. There's a good chance that Andy Christian will get shaved too. We're a little under 500 gold dollars from our stretch goal to get both of them shaved and more money to Harriet Tubman house!
My table of By Way of Bloodcove went smoothly. They all had a good time, despite being slightly wasted from the previous night's festivities. Since they had been kind enough to show up for an 8 am time slot on a Convention Saturday, I gifted them all with mini jars of honey along with their chronicle sheets even though by that point I was no longer in my bee costume. (On Saturday, I was dressed like a pirate. Yarrr.)
Oh, and click my name! There's something new there that wasn't there before. Do you see it? Ooh, shiny.
Hmm
(Doing happy dance.)
Dioneo and Archon, I edited the last post you saw, so you'll want to read it again! Sorry for the inconvenience.
That's awesome, Hmmm! Congrats on that first star!
Thank you, everyone, and thanks for your patience with me while I was away at the con! Let's get this plumbing expedition rolling!
Remember, some things are better when wet!
PS. My short summary of SkalCon.
To it, I want to say thank you, Barton! Our VC, Andy Christian, totally blindsided me with your praise. I wasn't expecting that!
Well, that was really sweet of you, Barton! It made my day.
As for everyone else... I don't know if you're enjoying the Gathlains, but I sure am.
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Interesting. When I played it, the GM made us all make DC 10 climb or acrobatics checks, but I don't see support for that in the scenario's text. As entertaining as it would be to make you all slip and slide in your heavy armor, it would slow down gameplay too much here. Let's just say that it's like standing in a shower stall. You can't run, but you can all slowly make it to the top, soaked to the bone.
IMO, both your interpretation and your GM's would be valid, while the scenario may not explicitly put out a DC, this fits either with the climb skill (+5 to DC for slippery surfaces) or even possibly Acrobatics (slippery surface). It's one of those things that GMs can use to adjust (generally to the party's difficulty level) a scenario while still running as written (often these variations can be in terrain or lighting conditions). 2cp.
Hey Gang, I'm going to be GMing a second game (Ironbound Schism) in a few days, and so I may do a bit of a slowdown in my posts for the next week until I can see how the two games balance out. I want to maintain high standards, and avoid burnout, so I want to try this out in order to maintain my sanity as a GM.
You want a sane GM, right? (This is where you say yes.) What does a slow down mean? For me, no more than a couple GM posts a day.
On a completely different topic, here is a photo of Jon Dehning and Me at Skål Con! I figured that if I mentioned the bee costume, you should at least see middle-aged me in the aforementioned bee outfit. Jon is shown here in pre-shorn glory.
The official shearing of him and Andy is scheduled for this Saturday. Venture Flunky Keith assures me that there will be video.
Hmm
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IMO, both your interpretation and your GM's would be valid, while the scenario may not explicitly put out a DC, this fits either with the climb skill (+5 to DC for slippery surfaces) or even possibly Acrobatics (slippery surface). It's one of those things that GMs can use to adjust (generally to the party's difficulty level) a scenario while still running as written (often these variations can be in terrain or lighting conditions). 2cp.
Interesting. When I played it, the GM made us all make DC 10 climb or acrobatics checks, but I don't see support for that in the scenario's text. As entertaining as it would be to make you all slip and slide in your heavy armor, it would slow down gameplay too much here. Let's just say that it's like standing in a shower stall. You can't run, but you can all slowly make it to the top, soaked to the bone.
That was my thoughts as well. It sounds like a case where you could reasonably include some difficult terrain rules, where the Climb/Acrobatics check allows you to ignore them. After about Season 2, they stopped putting these sorts of rules into the scenario much, just expecting people to use them as needed, unless they are uncommon.
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Hey Gang, I'm going to be GMing a second game (Ironbound Schism) in a few days, and so I may do a bit of a slowdown in my posts for the next week until I can see how the two games balance out. I want to maintain high standards, and avoid burnout, so I want to try this out in order to maintain my sanity as a GM.
Hmm
Good. I think a slower posting rate will greatly add to my sanity level.
(Though how much sanity can you expect from a woman who dresses in a bee costume when her VC dubs her a Poker of Beehives?)
Hmm
Gang, Mistress Koi's post is not coming together tonight. I'll channel her in the morning and then we can start a fox hunt in earnest!
I'm waiting for a few of the others a chance to chime in here before posting. Unless Wadi and Archon want to search for the mysterious screaming child by themselves? < G >
Dun dun dun!
GMs: providers of bad ideas since the dawn of gaming.
Gang, out of town guests have hit my house, and I think we're still waiting on Oloch. I will move us forward again on Monday.
If you move forward please move forward your minis on the map. I need to know where you guys actually are.
Hmm